Door-check



(N0 Mbdel.)

T. MOGRORY.

110011 CHECK,

Patented Mar. 12,1895.

- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation State of ATnN'r Eric.

DOOR-CHECK.

:SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,507, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed June 6, 1894. $erial No. 513,616. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MoGRoRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Ohecks, of which the following is aspecifica- Lion, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to providea door holder or check of simpleand economical construction, which will effectually hold a door in anydesired position, as more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying draWings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a doorholder constructed in accordance with my invention. of the same, andFig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified construction.

The device is made of a single piece of wire bent into the formillustrated in the drawings, comprising substantially horizontal sidebars a, the forward ends of which rest upon the floor and being coiledat their rear ends to form guiding eyes b, the latter being connected bya rear bar 0. The ends of the wire extend in nearly vertical lines toform posts at and from .thence are bent down on an incline to form bars0 which extend to the forward ends of the bars a.

The device asawhole is in the nature of a wedge which may be placedunder the door and when the latter is moved the ends of the posts at areforced down into the floor. On marble or smooth wooden floors it isdesirable to prevent the scratching or indenting of the floor and tothat end the feet of the posts are incased in sockets f of rubber orsimilar material as shown in Fig. 2.

In the modified structure shown in Fig. 3 two of these devices are shownas connected at their forward ends, and these may he slipped undertheedge of the door so that one will act on each of its sides and the doorbe prevented from moving in either direction.

If desired the bars a may be shortened and the eyes I) and the bar 0omitted altogether, but the structure shown is deemed preferable.

It will be apparent that the device may also be employed for retainingor looking Window sashes in position, by inserting it between the sashand its guide.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A door holder made of a strip of bent wire comprising side bars as a,vertical posts as d, inclined bars 6 extending from said posts to theforward end of said side bars, and guiding eyesas in formed at the endsof said side bars, substantially as specified.

2. A door holder or check comprising two pieces of wire each bent toform inclined bars e and posts d, said pieces of wire being looped orjoined together at their forward ends to form oppositely facing wedges,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOS. MOGRORY.

Witnesses:

THOMAS McGRoRY, J r., AGNES C. MOGRORY.

